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When Hans Silvester showed me the design of his latest album and asked me to write a presentation for it, I was really amazed by the quality of his superb photographs. We immediately agreed that for such a work, a preface, a preamble, a presentation, an exordium or any other development would be absurd. Each photograph is a poem resulting from the communion between the Horse and the Photographer. It…

Until May 28th, La Fab. - Galerie du Jour - agnès b. presents Les Années Américaines 1966-1985 by Bernard Plossu. Thanks to the miraculous rediscovery of 6 boxes containing nearly 860 reels and more than 200 prints not yet inventoried, Bernard Plossu has thus plunged back into all of his archives from these "American years". Bernard Plossu discovered the United States in 1966, from Mexico where part of his family…

Until April 1st, the Photoxyde gallery invites you to discover the new series of photographs by Marie Dew entitled "Respire" (Breathe) and produced with 19 other photographers. Passionate about body language and the quest for self, Marie transposes her experience of burnout in 2016 and the liberating violence of a new breath, carried by the nineteen photographers invited to live this experience with her. The "Respire" series was produced in…

Premiering at the High Museum of Art this spring and organized in collaboration with The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, “Evelyn Hofer: Eyes on the City” is the first major museum exhibition in the United States in over 50 years dedicated to Hofer, a highly innovative photographer whose pioneering work spanned five decades but remained underrecognized in her lifetime. The exhibition focuses on her series of widely distributed photobooks devoted to…

In 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano photographed Brooklyn’s iconic roller skating venue Empire Rollerdrome and its legendary cast of partygoers. This astounding series of photographs, published for the first time in a monograph, captures the vibrant spirits, extraordinary styles, and sheer joys of Brooklyn roller disco at its dizzying peak. Brooklyn’s Empire Rollerdrome opened in Crown Heights in 1941 and soon became the borough’s premier destination for recreational and competitive roller…

For the third solo exhibition of Italian photographer Lisetta Carmi (*1924, Genova — 2022, Cisternino), Ciaccia Levi presents a selection of previously unreleased works form her series dedicated to the monumental cemetery of Genova, titled “Erotismo e autoritarismo a Staglieno” (1966-76). After an introduction of Carmi’s practice through her most celebrated and controversial series of “I Travestiti” (1965-71), pioneering the documentation of the LGBTQ+ community in Italy, the presentation of…

The 13th edition of festival Circulation(s) will open its doors to the public from March 25 to May 21 2023 at the Centquatre-Paris. With Fetart, the number 13 is a good sign. Just look at the thirteenth edition of Circulation(s), the festival of young European photography. Always more bold, the collective has organized an event that is hard to forget. This time again, you can discover talented artists from all…

The Fahey/Klein Gallery presents a selection of photographs from the queen of female sensuality, photographer Ellen von Unwerth. In her exhibition, “Bombshell”, the works on display revel in von Unwerth’s experimentation with archetypes and stereotypes that result in images that are spontaneous, playful, and alive. Ellen von Unwerth’s thirty-year storied career defined the aesthetic of the 90’s and 2000’s and has made her a staple of fashion photography. Crafting cinematic…

For his first book, Etienne Renzo offers us the outcome of several decades of his photographic approach. Since his beginnings as a professional, a long time ago, the photographer pivoted around Woman's body. And then randomly during a shooting session, he met the Brazilian dancer (a bit contortionist!): Maïra de Oliveira Aggio. The two accomplices, each master of their discipline of expression, find themselves around their common love of nature.…

transit - in-between spaces, searching, pausing: Upheavals are the recurring theme of the thirty black-and- white works exhibited by Berlin photographer Tanja Nedwig at Galerie erstererster. Whether it is a place like Berlin's Tacheles, long since disappeared from the cityscape, or currently the Jahnsportpark at Mauerpark before its redevelopment. A Sunday afternoon tea, the movements of a young boxer or the gaze of a woman at the end of her…

At the age of three, Salih Basheer lost his mother and his father in the space of twenty-two days. He left Khartoum to live with his grandmother in the small town of Al-Faw in eastern Sudan. Years later, when he returned to his hometown for the first time, the project of this first book was born, a sort of initiatory quest in search of the memories of his childhood and…

‘You cannot change your skin’ was borne out of documentary work British photographer Jonathan Moore undertook in Ukraine. He travelled to Ukraine independently in January 2022 with the idea of photographing what life was like for people living under the weight of an impending war. He spent the weeks before the invasion in Mariupol. After fleeing to Lviv, he volunteered as a photographer for the Ukrainian Red Cross where he…

Rachel Wolfe’s exhibition of her recent landscape photography serves as a perfect antidote to the turbulence and hardship experienced in many parts of the world. Human dignity does not have to be savoured in small doses escaping the violence of war, social unrest or just surviving the cost of living crisis. A sense of spiritual calmness permeates the photos of the Nordic/American photographer. The vast expanse and drama of the…

During and just after the First World War, food inflation provoked numerous strikes against the cost of living. A look back at these events reported by the staff of photographers from the Excelsior newspaper, the first daily to use news photography. Discover the selection of the Roger-Viollet Agency. Agence Roger-Viollet 6, rue de Seine 75006 Paris www.roger-viollet.fr

The Willas Gallery in Stockholm presents till the 12th of May an exhibition by Jimmy Nelson, Between the Sea and the Sky. Whilst reflecting on restrictions during the recent COVID-19 pandemic, Jimmy Nelson realised he didn't have to travel far to discover exceptional human beauty; he could also create art closer to home. A new project emerged: Between the Sea and the Sky, where he depicts 20 communities in traditional…